Nope! Had to quit right before creating (and defending) my dissertation - the last step! Needed to find work to save the houses, but that was hard since companies weren't hiring either! Oh, well... Life moved on. This IS one of the stranger lives I've had! ?
Good luck! I "retired" in my late 30's only to lose everything while I was off working on a PhD, then had to try and get back into the JOB world! Bleh!